My Little Foals

We were still in the living room after they had all calmed down and now I was sitting on my leather chair that I had turned to face the couch. I had a napkin stuffed in the right nostril and I'm pretty sure the bleeding had stopped but I just wanted to be sure, and yes my nose is broken for sure. But I didn’t worry about it at the moment. The other three sat on my couch and surprisingly didn’t get any hair on the couch. We were sitting in awkward silence for a while and I was starting to get uncomfortable, and I could tell they were too. I didn’t know what to say at that point and then Gray suddenly flinched and she breathed heavily and looked to be in immense pain.

“Are you okay?” I ask her concerned.

“My wing just hurts a bit. I’m fine.” she said putting on a smile that was easy to see through.

“Well alright.” I said deciding to wait until they aren’t completely afraid of me. I brought my hands up to my nose and put both my index fingers and thumbs on my nose and pushed it back into place.

“Nng.” I said growling from the pain and after a few seconds I relaxed.

“So do any of you know how you all got here?” I asked them.

“No. One second we’re in the weather factory, then this thing appeared out of nowhere and sucked us in and brought us here.” Nightsky said pushing her glasses back with a hoof.

“Hmm odd. I wonder what caused it?” I muttered to no one in particular.

“I don’t care how it happened I just want to get home and back to my mom.” Gray said.

“Trust me if I knew a way to get you all home I would do it right now. But I don’t so it seems you're going to be stuck here for a while. Either until that thing appears again, or I find a way to get you all home a different way.” I said and they all looked saddened except for Sunrise, he just rolled his eyes.

He just looked to the side looking at the carpet. I take the tissue out of my nose and sniffle a bit from the extra blood stuck in my nose. I walk into the kitchen and threw the napkin away in the trashcan that was under the curved part of the counter. I walked back into the living room and saw Nightsky rubbing Gray’s right wing carefully. Hmm, so that’s why she was in pain. I thought to myself.

“Are you sure you’re okay?” I asked her sitting back down in my chair.

“Mmhmm.” she said with pursed lips and a pained expression. I looked at the clock on my DVD player and saw that it read 3:26 a.m. in the morning. I looked back at the and thought for a moment.

“How about we all get some rest for the night. I’m sure you all are confused and still scared, so allow me to let you stay at my house for as long as you need to.” I said standing up.

“You’d really do that for us?” Gray and Nightsky asked in unison surprised at my generosity.

“Of course.” I said smiling at them.

“You wouldn’t mind?” Nightsky asked.

“Of course not. Now follow me and I’ll show you to where you can sleep at.” I said starting to walk out of the living room.

Gray and Nightsky got up and followed behind me and Sunrise, although hesitantly, got up and followed slowly behind Nightsky and Gray. We walked up the stairs and we came to the first bedroom on the right. I opened the door and all it had in the room was a bed a dresser and a nightstand.

“Okay I only have two spare rooms so either two of you will have to share or one of you can have my bed.” I said and Gray and Nightsky’s faces lit up immediately.

“We can stay in a room together.” they said in unison.

“Alright, then I’ll see you all in the morning.” I said and I left them to go into their room and they closed the door.

I turned around and looked down at Sunrise who looked like he was upset over something. Or maybe that’s just from the bad lighting. I didn’t ask and just stepped forward to the door across the hall and opened it and it had the same setup as the other spare bedroom.

“This is your room Sunrise. See you in the mornin’.” I said and he didn’t say a word or look at me, he just walked in and slammed the door shut.

I heard muttering behind the door and him saying ‘Whatever ape thing.’ he said. I pushed that comment aside and walked to my bedroom and opened the door. I walked in and started closing the door and before it closed shut I decided to leave a crack in case one of them needed me. I walked over to my bed and climbed back into bed and pulled the covers back over me and felt the inviting sensation of sleep taking over and my eyes slowly started to close and I fell into the world of dreams once more.

I woke up the next morning to the sunshine waking me up as it peeked through the window and soaked my room in bright rays of golden rays of sunshine. I turned over and pulled the blankets over my head and tried to go back to sleep. Then I heard a door open and the sound of hoofsteps echoing throughout the halls outside my door. Memories of last night's occurrences flooded back to me and I pushed the covers off of me and get out of bed slowly still tired from being woken up early last night. I walked over to the door groggily hunching over and swinging my arms side to side. I walked to the stairs and started walking down them, I was halfway down before my legs decided ‘Hey why don’t we fuck with Cameron and make him fall down the stairs!’ and my knees buckled and I fell the rest of the way down the stairs while hitting my head on like a thousand stairs. I groaned in pain lying at the bottom of the stairs on my back as i felt my head throb in pain. I got back up and put a hand on my bruise that formed on my forehead on about the tenth step down.

I walked into the living room and didn’t see anyone in here. I walked over into the kitchen and saw Gray looking up at the fridge in curiosity. I chuckled silently and walked over to her and she looked up at me.

“Looking for something to eat?” I ask and she jerks her head to look up at me with surprise and fear. She backs away and slowly nods while looking at the ground. I open the fridge door and it reveals everything I have to eat and drink. “Hmm, let’s see you all are herbivores so how about some pancakes?” I ask her looking down at her.

She nodded her head slowly and I grab the mix, eggs, and milk and put it on the counter next to a large bowl and a frying pan. I start making the batter for the pancakes and after I finished it I had a decent amount of batter in the bowl, about 75 percent of it was full, then I went to a cabinet and opened it. I grabbed the olive oil spray and sprayed the pan with it before pouring it into the pan. I turned on the burner and put the pan on the burner and waited for the bottom side to be baked and I flipped it with a spatula and waited for the other side to be done. I put the now finished pancake on a plate and started to make even more pancakes.

Several minutes later Nightsky walked into the kitchen with obvious bed head and her glasses were crooked. She walked over to Gray and a few seconds later I heard flapping sounds and then I see Nightsky fly up to the chair and sit down, and fold her wings back in place. In the corner of my eye when my back was turned to them I saw Nightsky peck Gray on the cheek and I almost let out a chuckle but was able to hold it in. I cooked more pancakes and stacked them on the one plate I had out and soon Sunrise came into the kitchen with bed head like the others and sits down in the last chair next to Gray. I finish cooking the last pancake and put it on top of the stack of pancakes I had made. There were about 20 pancakes stacked high to the ceiling (Metaphor) and Nightsky and Gray looked up at the giant stack of jacks in astonishment.

“Go ahead and dig in.” I said as I took out three plates and set the in front of them each.

They looked at me and Nightsky instantly dug in. Gray was hesitant at first but when she took her first one and saw I hadn’t done anything she took a few more and put them on her plate. Sunrise had also took pancakes without saying anything and took the bottle of syrup and poured a freaking river on it and took a fork in his mouth and dug into the pancakes. I took some of my own and put syrup over them and dug in as well. About halfway through her food, Gray stopped eating and put her fork down. She looked down at her pancakes saddened by something. I chewed the food that was currently in my mouth and swallowed it.

“What’s wrong Gray?”

“Eh, it’s nothing. I just… I just miss my mom.”

“Your mom huh? What was she like?”

“Well uh, she was awesome. She always knew what to say at any time. And she made amazing pancakes like yours.” she said trying to smile but it fell back to a frown.

“Hmm, is there anything I can do?” I asked and Gray opened her mouth to speak but Sunrise answered for her.

“Yeah a ticket out of this Celestia damned world.” he said as he finished his last pancake.

“Well if I had a way for you all to get home then I would gladly let you go home. But I don’t, I’m sorry.”

“Why do you care? You don’t even know us.” he said angered.

“Because I wouldn’t even let my most hated enemy left to starve and die.”

They all went silent for a few seconds before Nightsky broke the silence.

“Do you have any parents Cameron?” she asked trying to change the subject.

“I do, but I never see them.”

“Why not?” she asked confused.

“Well, even though I love my dad whenever we got together he would usually either be drunk or just get drunk. And my mother well, let's just say I stopped talking to her ever since I moved out of her house.”

“Oh, Ok.” she said and it fell into silence again.

“Why are you asking us so many questions!?”  Sunrise said slamming his hooves onto the counter.

“I only asked one.”

“Still, you don’t even know us, and you don’t need to!”

“And why is that?”

“Rrgh, uh~ b-because you only met us last night. And you just let us stays here with you without even trying to get rid of us! You have to be planning something!”

“I’m not trying to do anything. I just want to help you all. I don’t need a reason for that.”

“Yes you do! You always need a reason. There’s always a reason. And I intend on finding it.” he said slamming his hoof on the table again.

“Stop it both of you!” Gray shouted. “He’s obviously not trying to lie to us! So why don’t you quit arguing with him!”

“You mean you actually believe him!”

“Yes I do! If he wanted to kill us then he would have done it while we were asleep.”

“Well he probably poisoned our food!”

“No he didn’t! I sat here and watched him make it!”

“Eh, uh. Rrgh. Still he’s gotta be planning something! He probably made that fucking portal and made us come here for his plan!”

“That’s enough Glistening! you can't always judge books by it’s covers! That’s what my mom always said.” Gray said and she looked saddened at that last line. Gray flinched and groaned in pain.

“What’s wrong Gray?” I asked rushing over to her.

“My wing. It hurts.”

“It’s not a problem. Now enough drama, you all probably want to get a shower?” I asked, and Nightsky slowly nodded her head. “What’s wrong Nightsky? It’s like you’ve just seen a ghost.”

“Um, it’s nothing. But, uh, me and Gray can just take a shower together. If it’s alright with you?” Nightsky looked at Gray.

Gray blushed lightly and slowly nodded.

“Um sure… can we? Hehe.”

“I’m fine with that. Just no funny business.” I said chuckling and they both blushed deeply.

“NO NOT LIKE THAT!” Nightsky and Gray said in unision flaring their hooves in front of them.

“Hahahaha don’t worry I was joking you all can take a shower together. But maybe keep it to a minimum.” I said chuckling as I walked into the living room.

I was waving my hand behind me letting them know to follow me and then I heard hooves hit the ground and then steps as they followed behind me. I walked up the stairs and they do the same and I walked to the middle door on the left and opened it. It revealed a simple bathroom unlike the whole house, there was a tub, a sink, and a closet that held things I usually use. Like towels, shaving cream, and other utensils I use from time to time. Hoofsteps followed me and soon I saw Gray and Nightsky walking up the stairs and over to me. I opened the door more and motioned to enter. They walked in and looked around.

“Alright turn the knobs to turn the water on. Uh, make sure the cold is on a little, for some reason the heat is weird for some reason. But uh, try not to have too much fun.” I said chuckling closing the door slowly. Before I closed it I saw them blush deeply and looked at each other.

I walked away and heard the water start as I walked down the stairs. As soon as my foot reached the bottom of the stairs I heard a scream coming from the bathroom and I ran back upstairs. I quickly rushed to the bathroom door and open it and I see Nightsky holding her hoof.

“Is everything alright?”

“Yea, I just didn’t expect the water to be that hot.”

“You get used to how it works soon enough.”

I smiled at them and I closed the door and walked back downstairs. I walked into the kitchen to see Sunrise staring out the window across the room. I look to where he was looking and saw a cardinal standing on a nearby branch. I look back at Sunrise and thought of something.

“Can I ask you something Sunrise?”

“No.”

“Alright fine.”

I walked over and pulled a stool out, and sat down. We both sat there looking out the window while the sound of birds, and running water. Several minutes later the sound of running water stopped and curtains scraping across the rail. Sunrise sighed and after a few seconds he turned to me and looked at me and I did the same.

“What’s your stupid question?”

“Why do you not trust me?”

“*sigh* Because I just don’t understand why you’d take us in and help us without a second thought. Even after I broke your nose. Why do you keep us here?”

“Well to be honest I just saw myself in you all. Scared, confused, and afraid of the unknown. You all remind me of me when I was a teenager and my mother and me hated each other. And you all don’t have anyone here that you can trust. So I thought that I could help you all, I never had help with anything and I never wanted that fallen upon anyone. Even you all.”

He was silent for a few seconds. “I guess I can understand that. But I still don’t trust you!”

I looked back out the window as I spoke. “As long as I can get a chance.”

We sat there in silence again, waiting for the other two to come down. After several minutes of waiting they both came down with wet manes and tails, with a towel drapped around their bodies.

“Thanks for letting us use your shower.” Gray said more happily than before.

“No problem. Sunrise you can go next.”

He got up without a word, and walked off upstairs. I sat there as I just looked out the window with an awkward silence in the air. All of a sudden I heard someone gasp and growl in pain. I jerked my head and saw Gray hunched over with her eyes shut tight, and her teeth grinding against each other. She was breathing heavily while I had jumped to my feet in fear of something wrong happening.

“What’s wrong!?”

“Nng! It’s nothing.”

“Are you okay?” Nightsky asked with a worried expression on her face.

“Y-yeah… i-i’m fine.” She hardly got her words out as she started to tear up from the pain she was feeling. Well I assume that anyway.

“Here.”

I walked over to her and carefully picked her up without touching her wings and walked into the living room. Nightsky followed, and I walked to the couch and set her down nice and carefully. She tried to sit up but she flinched again and gritted her teeth even more.

Please, l-lay down, you’re hurt!” Nightsky had a shudder in her voice as she spoke.

“I-it’s okay Nighty, I’m fine.” She choked on her words for a few seconds but finally got them out. Her breathing got heavier as she started to tear up again.

“Please lay down, I hate seeing you like this!”

“Here I think I know how to help. My friend did this for my ankle when I broke it. She knew just what to do, and now I do too.”

I walked over to them and Nightsky, surprisingly, guarded Gray.

“It’s okay, I’m not going to hurt her.”

“How do I know that? What if Sunrise is right and you actually are going to hurt us?” Nightsky started to tear up as they collected in the corner of her eyes.

“Just, trust me on this.”

Nightsky was very hesitant, but slowly moved aside and sat down next to Gray, and laid Gray’s head on her lap. I crouched down, and very carefully took Gray’s right wing in my hand and she flinched and I stayed still for a few seconds. After I was sure she was fine, I began to rub her wing with barely any pressure, as to not hurt her wing too much. She was starting to let out little whimpers with her eyes shut tight, as I went up and down her wing slowly. There were sounds of hoofsteps coming from the stairway, and soon I saw Sunrise come into the living room, with a wet mane and tail. He saw what I was doing to Gray, and his eyes turned into pure hate and he glared daggers at me.

“Hey what are you doing to her!?” He ran at me and Gray stopped him.

“Relax, nngh, he’s not hurting me. He’s helping.”

“But you’re in pain! And he’s causing it.”

“But it’s also helping! It may hurt but it helps the pain in my wing.”

“But…”

“Damnit Sunrise! Why do you have to be so stubborn!? Why can’t you just give him a chance!?”

“Because I’m scared!” As Sunrise said that, Gray’s look of hatred turned into one of confusion.

“What?”

“I’m scared. I’m scared because… because everything we knew and loved is gone now! We lost everything, and we have nothing left anymore! And now this thing is trying to help us and he wasn’t even afraid of us before! And I want to know why!? Why aren’t you afraid of us, why aren’t you trying to get rid of us!? WHY!?”

“Because… when I lived with my mother, I was treated like garbage. I was never really cared about, I was never involved unless others were around. I hardly had any friends, and the one’s that were close, I never got to see them because my mother never wanted me to be with them. I never had a life to call my own.” I had stopped rubbing Gray’s wing as I had started talking. “So I didn’t want my life to be like your’s. When I saw how scared you all were, I saw myself in you all. And I didn’t want my childhood to be like your’s. And you were tore from your home, so I saw more of a reason to help you all. That’s why I’m not scared. That’s why… I’m helping you.” Not only that, I’m helping because I know what would have happened. I thought to myself as I looked at them all as they looked back with confusion in their faces.

So how did you all like that ending. Pretty sad right? Well let me know if there is anything that you would want to happen once everything calms down with Sunrise and me. If you’d like to then just PM me and let me know, if you want it to be a secret that is? But I’d like to thank BlazingClaw101 for helping me edit this story and all that he helps me with. He helps me with getting the characters just right, and I mean just right. One day me and him argued over him being too, uh, what's the word? Descriptive in his characters. And some of you weren’t liking how Sunrise hit me and knocked me to the wall and how he wasn’t even afraid of me. Well you can thank him for that, just because he wanted his characters exactly how he has them. And I agree with Texus about how Sunrise would still be scared of me. Sorry for rambling, but uh, keep reading and being awesome! See ya!